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Blogmas Day 23: Scribbles About News: A Letter To Santa

This is a really sweet story I heard on the news this morning... so I thought I'd share it to get everyone in the holiday spirit.

A man was cleaning up his fireplace when he noticed a letter to Santa that was in his fireplace from 1907. It was from a 10 year old Irish girl at the time, she didn't ask for anything... but she wanted Santa to get "A wagon for her brother, even though I know you can't afford it." And she told Santa to "Please Remember The Poor." It was a very mature note from a 10 year old girl, who was thinking of others before herself. In Ireland it is tradition to send letters to Santa up the Chimney, so that is how it ended up in the fireplace.

When the man saw the letter, he was intrigued and wanted to know more about this woman. He looked her up and saw that she had died in 1979 at the age of 82. And she was buried, and her husband had a headstone, and there was a place on the headstone for her name... but she didn't have her name on it. She had no children, so it seemed as though there was no one there to visit her... but this man was so touched by her letter that he thought she needed to be remembered.

The man that found the letter couldn't legally put her name on the headstone because he was not related to this woman... but the story went viral and reached a man in Ireland who recognized her last name. As it turned out, that man in Ireland was related to the woman and he was able to give permission to the man in the US who found her letter to put her name on the tombstone.

Here  is the link for the CBS reporting of the news... I know I got the names all mixed up. The little girl was named Mary McGann and I'm happy that now her name will be remembered and she will be remembered for her kindness and thoughtfulness during a hard holiday season for her family.

The letter gave hope to the man that discovered it too. He said anytime things seem bad in the world and look at that little girl's letter and  remember her hope and belief.

There are so many good things about this story... it was very nice of the man to discover the letter and try to help do whatever he could for this woman who has passed quite a long time ago. It was very nice of her relative in Ireland to help out and give the man permission to get the headstone for his relative... and of corse it's all to Mary for bringing this all together. It's just a really great story, especially one to hear around the holidays.

Byeee!
-Shannon

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